Aquaripure Good/Bad? Waste of Money??
 

Has anybody got or used one of these nitrate filters?? Look ok on paper, seems to be a good idea. Heres the link.
http://www.aquaripure.com/intl/Products.htm

Nobody???:question:

Sure sounds like a good idea. I've heard of these things before but yeah they don't get much mention. Tagging along.

These don't use sulfur...sounds like a form of carbon dosing. Sugar in this case.

Yeah I think they sound like a good idea as well, they do use sugar injecting but apparently this will really cut down on water changes and from what I have been reading on another forum, it seems those that have them love them. I am ordering one today and will keep people updated on my findings.

Any update on this? How is it working out for you so far?

Well the unit arrived last week, simple to set up, also bought a bottle of vodka for dosing, but you can use sugar water and a variety of other things. Did a water test before start up and these were the results.
Water test March 27th 2011
Ca - 460
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Ph - 8.4
Nitrate - 5.0ppm
Mg - 1.400
Salinity 1.025
I am retesting again on the weekend and once a week for the next bit.

Well its been a few months and I thought I would update on this unit. In short it seems to do all it says it does. Nitrates are zero and holding, no spikes at all. After the devastation I had with my fish a while ago I almost said "screw it"{not my real words} and got out of this {obsession}hobby. The only saving grace for me was after most of my fish died - the corals didn't. I watched the tank go through a nasty algae bloom but the corals hung on and the tank turned a huge corner about a month ago. The corals are looking great again and the surviving fish look happy and healthy. I haven't done a water change at all as I wanted to see how the unit responded. I dose the aquaripure with vodka as it is the recommended way but I am told sugar water will also work. Vodka has the added benefit of dosing me as well.:lol: I am actually getting compliments on my tank and I am actually getting a few pieces of sps growing, something I have had issues with in the past. I will try to post some pics in the near future. In short though if asked I would definately recommend the Aquaripure unit.:biggrin:

has there been any impact to your phosphates with the unit?

was the crash related to the aquapure unit?

Yeah, I used a similar unit for a while... they definitely work. I found positive effects on both nitrate and phosphate but then I also started running GFO simultaneously so whether the unit was doing anything to the PO4 is up for debate. I moved and sold that setup and when I got re-established I made sure I wouldn't have the same problems, but they definitely do work on the nitrates.

The unit wasn't responsible for the crash, honestly I don't really test for phosphates so I don't really know, but as for the nitrates....zero. I wouldn't hesitate to get another one. One more note though, it does take 4-6 weeks to break in so to speak, but its been great for me.